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WHO Is uNAcouANTEo WITH THE GEOGRAPHY or II
COUNTRY VIII SEE BY EXAMINING THIS NAP rhAT IhE
, 1887-11-12
The Death w arrants Arrive.

At 9:l0 a. IN. Chief Deputy Gleason
arrived with the fatal documents author.
izing the execution. Gleason immedi
ately went into close conference with the
sheriff in the private apartment, that was
locked and bolted at once on the inside.
While they were still comforting, Spies
ordered a glass of Rhine vine, which was
brought to his cell and swallowed at a
gulp, A few minutes were her occupied
by him in writing autographs for the off
GERS attached to the sheriff office.
The prisoners were asked il there was
any desire for stimulants, and all, save
Engel alone, replied quietly IN the mega
tive. Engel asked for some port wine
and it was given him at once, and he
gulped down three large glasses. Spies
requested water, and seemingly consumed
by a burning thirst, swallowed nearly two
tumblers Of the pure, cool liquid. While
standing in front of Engel 5 cell, DR..
Bolton was in danger of becoming in
volved in a religious controversy, for the
condemned man boldly combatted all the
propositions OF tue divine.
, 1887-11-12

II, Canute r. Matson, sheriff of Cook
county, Illinois, do hereby certify that on
the 18th day of November, A. D. 1887,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock in the
forenoon and 4 O'Clock In the afternoon of
that day, at 1887 o'clock ofthe forenoon
of said day, in the common Jail of said
county, | did, as said sheriff, duly execute
August Spies, Adolph Fischer, George
Engel and A. 4. Parsons, in conformity
with the sentence of the criminal court of
said county of Cook, and in pursuance of
the order and judgment of the Supreme
Court of Illinois for the northern grand
division.
MADE and entered on record on the
l4th day of September, 1887, and in ac-
cordance with the statutes of the state of
Illinois in such cases made and provided,
[Signed1 "CANUTE r. MATsoN."
''We, the undersigned, who are not
relatives of the above named August
Spies or others hereby certify that we
have witnessed the execution by hanging
ofsaid August Spies and others in the
above certificate set forth.
The signatures of twelve Chicago cite
zens are appended to the solemn declard.
tions above with them form the essential
public record of the death of the Hay
market murderers. A more utter con-
tempt OF death was probably never shown
by any four men. From the first mo-
ments of the morning till the day closed
upon them they would not see a shadow
, 1887-11-12

request for pen or paper, but sat stolidly
on his bed looking at the opposite wall of
his cell.
Reporters were admitted into the cell
room to view the execution at 1854.
Fully twenty-five newspaper men, local
politicians and others, among them twelve
jurors who were to view the bodies after
execution, had passed through the dark
under the gallows. and began seating
themselves. The bailiffs said a few words
to the journalists, begging them to make
no rush when the drop fell, and to wait
decently and in order.
The rafting of chars, tables and
benches continued for several minutes,
but by IL :05 there began to fall a hush,
and the conversation among the crowd
sank almost to whispers. The bare,
w~hiteTashed walls made a painful con
trast with the dark brown gallows, with
its four noosed ropes dropping ominously
near the floor.
A CLEAN of sunshine shooting through
the window at this instant fell on a corner
of the death machine, and in a slight de
gree relieved its sombre hue. The CHIEF
baillff began at lilo calling out the
names OF the persons summoned as Juror,
and bringing them forward to the row Of
little stools directly in front of the gal
lows. No other sounds were heard In the
long, high corridor but the solemn.
monotonous voice of the bailiff and rust
ling of the jurors as they tiptoed forward
through the crowd.
, 1887-11-12
Mrs. Parsons Causes a Stir.

Within a few minutes OF 9 a message
came from Mrs. Parsons through the
bailiff, applying at the jail for admission.
The request was stern.y refused. Out.
side The Jail everything was quiet. No
one without a pass was allowed within a
block of the building, and strong bodies
of police armed with Winchester rifles
guarded every approach. There was the
usual crowd of idlers around in the streets
as near the building as they were allowed
to approach, but the police kept them
moving and perfect order prevailed. A
little ripple of excitement occurred at $50.
when Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Holmes
wen up to the police lines and demanded
admission. They were refused and re-
quested to move on They decliped to
do this and became rather violent in their
talk, at which they were arrested without
further ceremony and taken to the police
station. There was no expression or
demonstration of sympathy on the part of
the crowd.
At 10 o'clock Parsons, Fischer and
Spies asked for twenty minutes each on
the gallows in which to make speeches.
The sheriff did not Immediately return
any answ2r to the request. Fischer then
began singing the "Marselaise, in which
the other prisoners joined. The voice of
Fischer seemed round and full, but quiz
ering just a trife. The reporters pressed
close about the door of the cage and lis
tened until the deep tones died away into
silence. The song lasted two minutes.
Fischer still continued to make a dis
play of bravado. Soon after singing the
"Marseillaise," he said: when | get to
heaven, I'll put in a good word for you. "
, 1887-11-12

1t lacked just seven minutes and a half
OF noon when a single white shrouded
hgure, above which was a face of yellow
lsh pallor-the face of August Spies
passed the first post of the gallows. The
gaping crowd ten feet below half rose in
voluntarily from their chairs at the first
glimpse OF the apparition advancing across
the scaffold. Spies looked calm and
glanced at the reporters with a trace of
his old time cynical smile. He walked
firmly over the drop, guided by the grasp
of a deputy, to the fuIthest edge of the
gallows. Following close came Fischer,
whose countenance had a peculiar glisten,
totally unlike the ashiness of Engel's
heavy features and in strange contrast
with the lack of color In the pinched line
aments OF Parsons. The once jaunty, vi
vacious Texan came last, a withered old
man. He had aged twenty years since
the day and hour, scarcely twelve months
before. when he tripped lightly into the
court room before Judge Gary and flip
PANTY declared that he was ready to be
tried at once for his life. The minute his
feet touched the scaffold, Parsons seemed
to completely lose his identity and to feel
that his spirit was no longer part of his
body. He had brought himself to an
SNosooJ Vi oOIChlu SSll BlOIluS dllOu. ne,
the only American, seemed to realize to
the full extent that he must die in u man
ner to impress, if possible, on all future
generations the thought that he was a
martyr. No tragedian who has paced the
stage in America ever made a more mar
vicious presentation of a self chosen part
perfect in every detail. The upward turn
of his eyes, his distant, far-away look, and
above all, his attitude of apparent COM
plete resignation that every fold of the
awkward shroud only served to make
more distinct, was by far the most strik-
ing feature of the entire gallows picture.
The squat form of Engel alongside with
the stupid wide jawed face, made a hide
GUS contrast to Parsons assumption of
the halo of a martyr. Fischer was a head
and shoulders taller than the other three,
making his only occasional look of too
evident bravado more noticeable than
might otherwise be at a sorry disadvant-
age compared with the steady GOODNESS of
Spies. The %latter's exhibition of quiet,
thorough nerve, far surpassed, as a won
der, the demeanor of any of his comrades.
, 1887-11-12
Nina Refused Admission.

Engel's daughter applied to the sheriff
this morning for permission to visit her
father and say good bye, but was refused.
She was not agitated in the least, and took
the refusal in a matter of fact way.
Mrs. Van Zandt with her daughter,
Nina, drove to the Jail about $50 this
morning. and asked for permission to en-
ter, but were refused admission by the
guards. Nina, breaking into tears, fell
upon her mothers shoulder. In this at
Gtude they were driven homeward. Nina
fairly flung herself into the house and
could be heard without sobbing and moan
ing. Amid her daughters lamentations
Mrs. Van Zandt sent dispatches to Gov
ernor Oglesby, and Capt, Black at
Snrinphnld
, 1887-11-12
-IDVaN II I'NIILN
Cook County Jail"
How the News Was Received.

1t was exactly an hour after the execu-
ton when the men began taking down
the scaffOld, and within two hours all evil
dence of the tragedy were gone. When
the Intelligence came outside that the
men were on the scaffold the officers who
were inside the lines of the police went to
the northeastern corner of Illinois street
and waited. Among them were Chief
Ebersold and Capt. Setback. On the
root of the court building, where they
could look through one Of the big Jail
windows, were posted nine policemen.
From their position they could see the
scatfold and the condemned men upon it.
As the grim moment approached, the
men on the roof kept the officers below
informed of the proceedings.
AS II O'Clock drew near a policeman,
who was stralnlng his eyes to see the int,
rior of the Jail, raised his hand and with
out turning his head aside said in a thrill
ing undertone:
They are putting on the caps"
For an instant the cluster of officers
waited below with bated breath and with
heads half inclined to one side waiting to
hear the news OF the drop.
Now murmured the man on the
roof. A loud thump came from the inte-
rior of the Jail. 1t was the sound made
by the falling trap. Everyone in the
group heard it distinctly, and everybody
knew what 1t meant. The policemen on
the roof threw down their guns and clap
ped their hands, aud then ceased sud.
denly, as though ashamed of the act. A
reporter jerked u white handkerchief from
his pocket and waved it as a signal TO the
crowds passing along North Clark street.
1t was understood, and the cry went up,
and in an incredibly short space of time
the news was blocks away, and the buzz
and hum OF excited conversation sounded
like the rising of the tide. Armed patrol.
men stopped in their regular tramp and
dropped the butts of their guns to the
earth with a %clatter.
Others broke off in their hoarse shouts
to the crowds of Move On" Move
On" Some shook hands with their
elbow ne ghbors and exchanged congratu-
l%ations, with nothing but pronounced
opinions that anarchists must go
among the police. With most of the peo-
pie in the vicinity there was no other
feeling than the stir OF ideas which a big
piece of new always creates and the sud
den ending of expectations. Messenger
boys caine shooting like rockets from the
the criminal court building and ran
breathless with bits of white paper fut-
tering in their hands. In eight minutes
the newsblys were darting through the
crowds bawling out:
"Extral Extra All about the anar.
chists hungl'
, 1887-11-12

1t was wonderful to note how quickly
the excitement which had filed the jail
all the morning Gained down. The two
hundred prisoners confined in the place,
who had been in a state of fever heat dur.
ing the tragic event of the day, regained
their usual spirits. They cracked jokes
from cell to cell, and as they had had
nothing to eat since breakfast, they soon
began to yell for soupl soupl The spec
tators who had witnessed the hanging
, 1887-11-12

Six o'clock came, and the rumbling OF
wagons, the blowing of whistles and the
ringing OF bells told that the people out
side were astir. But the anarchists slept
on. 1t was fifteen minutes to 7 when
Engel awoke, aud within the next ten
minutes his three doomed companions
opened their eyes. They tumbled out OF
their cots hastily and dressed themselves.
No conversation took place between the
anarchists and their guards. Spies and
Parsons simply babe them good bye, and
IN a few minutes the deputies emerged
from the cell room, and they were relieved
by others. Fischer was the first one to
emerge from his cell, accompanied by two
deputies. He stepped over to the plain
iron sink and took a good wash, his
every movement closely watched.
Spies next performed, his ablutions
and seemed to enjoy them. Lingering
long at rhe sink, he carefully cleaned his
teeth and gargled his throat. Old man
Engel followed the young anarchist, and
the last to wash was Parsons. At 1920
Two walters from the restaurant brought
TO the prisoners their breakfast.
, 1887-11-12

either Of ignomy or the hereafter. The
seven hours from dawn until the hour
passed to eternity were crowded full with
the events, stirring as a day of battle.
Beginning with the flat refusal in the very
teeth of death to accept a word of com
fort from the reverend minister of reli-
gion, one of their number sang to the Jail
and world the song of the French revolu-
tion, the famous "Marseillaise." Then
with seemingly not a thought of the dead
mastered at Haymarket they prepared
for their march towards the gallows al
most as if 1t were a pleasant holiday ex-
cursion. Extraordinary as were the
scenes presented at this moment it was
not till the first man stepped out
upon the gallows hat the great climax
came.
The 200 and more writer's, with nimble
fingers waiting to spread the news to the
farthest bounds of the earth, had almost
to a man been gathered in the north cor
ridor Of the Jail. There tor lust an hour
they were imprisoned in front of the dull
red scaffold. Not many of the 200 were
present that did not sit ~uneasiiy upon
his chair, thinking rapidly of the coming
doom Of four fellow creatures, or perhaps
even more of the vague possibility of the
jail and all within its walls being blown to
the blue sky by anarchistic dynamite.
, 1887-11-12

At l:30 o'clock the coffin in which lay
the body of Parsons was carried out of the
jail and taken to the home of his widow.
Curious police officials walked into the
Jail to learn how the execution had been
proceeded with, and were in turn ques-
toned as to how the citizens outside had
acted. There was absolutely no trouble"
one and all replied.
Fischer's remains were removed to his
home at 1:30 O'Clock. Many people dis
played autographs of the dead Fischer,
which he had written during the morn
ing. 1t was estimated that he made fifty
of them in all. They all read alike and
were couched in the following words:
Anarchy is liberty.
"ADoLPH FISCHER,
Cook Comfy Jail"
, 1887-11-12
The Markets-stocks and cal

me MarKetS-StOckS and Cattle.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE stock mar.
ket to-day was more active than usual of
late, and was strong from the opening to
the close. Without the semblance OF re-
action in favor Of trading, purchasing for
foreign accounts were enormous.
Governments dull and steady. Mining
shares dull. Money 4@44 per cent.
Petroleum strong, opening at 1913;
highest 73s, lowest 72s, closing at 73s.
Sales, l,l97, 900 barrels.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's, l2I; American Express,
los; Canada Pacific, 52i; Canada South.
ern, SIT; Central Pacific, 81; Burlington,
1881; Delaware, Lackawanna, 1904; Dem
yer 4 Rio Grande, 23J; Erie, 2Ss; Lake
| Shore, 95f; Louisville & Nashville, 500;
Michigan Central, 90; Kansas & Texas,
lSb; New York Central, 1911; Northern
Pacific, got; preferred, AL; Northwest,
ern, 1921; Oregon Improvement, 80;
Navigation, 9Os; Tra~nscontinental, lS4;
Pacific Mail, 34t; Panama, = Rock
Island, ll3f; Milwaukee & St. Paul.
743; Texas Pacific, 24i; Union Pacific,
500; United States Express, 81; Fargo,
81; Western Union, IS.
CHICAGO, Nov. Misunderstanding
1000; market strong and 10 cents higher;
shipping steers. SO 0O(G5l Is; stockers and
feeders, Sl.8O@ {. so; Texas cattle, $l.73;
Western rangers, $~2.O0(G3.623.
Sheep-ReceipGs 5000; market steady;
natives, $2.75@4 90; Western, So. OO(q
$50; Texans, 81 5O63.4O.
Wheat-Market steady. Cash, u ZIG;
December, 73s; May 10.
, 1887-11-12

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester.
Mich, writes: My wife has been almost
helpless for five years, so helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles of Electric Bitters, and is
so much improved that she is able now to
do her own work" Electric Bitters will
do all that is claimed for them. Hun
dreds of testimonials attest their great Gu
rative powers. Only fifty cents a bottle
at w. n, Hunts
, 1887-11-12

Mrs. Parsons was released from jail
after the hangings.
Several arrests were made of persons
creating disturbance, but the 10, 900 spec
tators were usually orderly. A runaway
team dashing into Kinzie street, which
was packed with humanity, narrowly es-
capped causing a catastrophe. 1t was
stopped by the police in the nick of
time.
The funeral of the anarchists will take
place at noon tomorrow.
, 1887-11-12
Preparations for the Execution.

Active preparations for the execution
began at s o'clock, when Chief Bailitf
Cahill arrived at the jail and assigned the
deputy sheriffs to their various positions
during the event. 1t was announced that
Jailer Folz with three deputies would con
duct the prisoners to the scaffold and
superintend the actual hanging.
Rev. DIR. Bolton arrived at 7:45 and
passed into the cell room. Passing first
into Parsons cell, he attempted to en-
a g the doomed Texan in a religious
conversation. Parsons had not yet fin
ished his breakfast but what passed be-
tween them was not divulged. In the
meantime Spies had called for paper and
envelopes, and when they were furnished
MIN he began writing. He was inter
rupted by the sheriff, who accosted him
and stood in front of the cell door while
they talked. The sheriff took notes Of the
conversation and passed on. Writing
material were furnished to Parsons and
Fischer, who Immediately set about
preparing statements. EnGel made no
, 1887-11-12

walked rapidly out of the enclosure and
the weary deputies went to dinner, the
only ones left in the jail Office being the
press representatives.
, 1887-11-12
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, 1887-11-12

( historical Dept; ch.venne, NO.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-28
THE WILD RIDE.

l hear IN my heart, hear in It's ominous
pulses,
All day, the commotion of sinewy name toss.
ing horses:
All night, from their cells, the lmportuuate
tramping and neighing
Cowards and laggards fall back; but, alert to
the seddle.
Straight, grim and abreast, vault the weather
worn, galloplng legion,
With a stirrup-cup each to the one gracious
woman that loves HIM
The road is thro' door and dread, over crags
and morasses;
There are shapes BY the way, there are things
that appal or entice us;
What oddsf We are knights and our souls are
but bent on riding.
I hear in my heart, I hear in Its omInous
All day, the commotion of sinewy, mane.toss.
ing horses;
All night, from their cells, the importunate
tramping and neighingl
We spur to land OF no name, out-raeing the
storm-wind;
We leap to the Infinite dark, like the sparks
from the anvil;
Thou leadest, o, Godl All's well with Thy
troopers that follow.
I-L0uise Imogene Quincy In the Century.